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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 115-1047
RED SNAPPER ACT
NOVEMBER 27, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3588]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3588) to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act to provide for management of red snap-
per in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 3588 is to amend the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for manage-
ment of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The red snapper is a species of fish found in the South Atlantic
and the Gulf of Mexico with a known range in the United States
from the Carolinas to Texas.1 These can be large fish, growing up-
wards of 40 inches and 50 pounds, and can have a lifespan of over
50 years.2 Categorized as reef fish, typical adult red snapper
1FishWatch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Red Snapper, (Feb.
28, 2014).
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